This is Somerset -- A Cotswold restaurant is one of only 11 restaurants outside London to be awarded the highly-coverted AA new rosette awards. The AA announced the list of restaurants which have been awarded the coveted new 3 and 4 AA Rosettes today. One of the restaurants celebrating new higher Rosette awards are from London with the other 11 ranging from Loch Ness to Jersey. The Cotswold-based Lower Slaughter is the only restaurant in the West Country to be receive one this time. Here is what the AA said about Lower Slaughter Manor: "Lower Slaughter Manor, epitomises what the Cotswolds is about: a gorgeous, honey-stoned 17th-century house in a picture-postcard village, it has olde English charm in spades and is a wonderfully relaxing place to stay. "The elegant interiors have been brought fully into the 21st century without jarring with the antiquity of the house (although the recent refurb to the restaurant – all grey walls and seating, and grey and red curtains - is said to be a little bit too modern for some older guests), and the staff are as friendly and welcoming as you could hope for. There are several lounges for lounging in before dinner – perhaps with a G&T and a few well-made canapés (plaice goujons with tartare sauce, and ham hock with apricot purée maybe) in hand; it all augurs well for what is to come. And what is to come is some classic, highly skilled cooking from head chef Jamie Raftery, who draws on the abundant local larder for his finely wrought seasonal dishes." Of the restaurants receiving the awards just one has obtained the prestigious 4 AA Rosettes, namely The Greenhouse in London. Simon Numphud, Manager at AA Hotel Services said: "The Greenhouse has everything we look for in a four Rosette restaurant, namely a passion for excellence, superb technical skills and intense ambition as well as national recognition for its cooking. Restaurants serving food of a three Rosette standard are worthy of recognition from well beyond their local area. I am delighted that these restaurants hail from such far-reaching parts of the country, and is a great demonstration that wherever you are in Great Britain you can find excellent AA Rosetted restaurants.' The new 3 Rosette restaurants are: •Black Swan Hotel, Helmsley •Fallowfields Hotel and Restaurant, Kingston Bagpuize •Restaurant Tristan, Horsham •Restaurant Story, London SE1 •The Grove, Narberth •Bo London Restaurant, London W1 •The Lovat, Loch Ness, Fort Augustus •Ormer, St Helier, Jersey •Design House Restaurant, Halifax •Hedone, London W4 •HKK, London EC2 •Roux at Parliament Square, London SW1 •Galvin at Windows Restaurant and Bar, London W1 •The Black Swan, Oldstead •Lower Slaughter Manor, Lower Slaughter •The Burlington at Devonshire Arms, Bolton Abbey •Adam's Restaurant, Birmingham •Bingham, Richmond upon Thames
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This is Somerset -- A Cotswold restaurant is one of only 11 restaurants outside London to be awarded the highly-coverted AA new rosette awards. The AA announced the list of restaurants which have been awarded the coveted new 3 and 4 AA Rosettes today. One of the restaurants celebrating new higher Rosette awards are from London with the other 11 ranging from Loch Ness to Jersey. The Cotswold-based Lower Slaughter is the only restaurant in the West Country to be receive one this time. Here is what the AA said about Lower Slaughter Manor: "Lower Slaughter Manor, epitomises what the Cotswolds is about: a gorgeous, honey-stoned 17th-century house in a picture-postcard village, it has olde English charm in spades and is a wonderfully relaxing place to stay. "The elegant interiors have been brought fully into the 21st century without jarring with the antiquity of the house (although the recent refurb to the restaurant – all grey walls and seating, and grey and red curtains - is said to be a little bit too modern for some older guests), and the staff are as friendly and welcoming as you could hope for. There are several lounges for lounging in before dinner – perhaps with a G&T and a few well-made canapés (plaice goujons with tartare sauce, and ham hock with apricot purée maybe) in hand; it all augurs well for what is to come. And what is to come is some classic, highly skilled cooking from head chef Jamie Raftery, who draws on the abundant local larder for his finely wrought seasonal dishes." Of the restaurants receiving the awards just one has obtained the prestigious 4 AA Rosettes, namely The Greenhouse in London. Simon Numphud, Manager at AA Hotel Services said: "The Greenhouse has everything we look for in a four Rosette restaurant, namely a passion for excellence, superb technical skills and intense ambition as well as national recognition for its cooking. Restaurants serving food of a three Rosette standard are worthy of recognition from well beyond their local area. I am delighted that these restaurants hail from such far-reaching parts of the country, and is a great demonstration that wherever you are in Great Britain you can find excellent AA Rosetted restaurants.' The new 3 Rosette restaurants are: •Black Swan Hotel, Helmsley •Fallowfields Hotel and Restaurant, Kingston Bagpuize •Restaurant Tristan, Horsham •Restaurant Story, London SE1 •The Grove, Narberth •Bo London Restaurant, London W1 •The Lovat, Loch Ness, Fort Augustus •Ormer, St Helier, Jersey •Design House Restaurant, Halifax •Hedone, London W4 •HKK, London EC2 •Roux at Parliament Square, London SW1 •Galvin at Windows Restaurant and Bar, London W1 •The Black Swan, Oldstead •Lower Slaughter Manor, Lower Slaughter •The Burlington at Devonshire Arms, Bolton Abbey •Adam's Restaurant, Birmingham •Bingham, Richmond upon Thames
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